The state govt had declared the farm loan waiver – the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Shetkari Karzamukti Yojana on June 2 Mumbai: Facing criticism that a large number of farmers will be excluded from its Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar farm loan waiver scheme, the state has set up three committees to oversee its implementation, including a cabinet…
Corporators questioned the practice of compensatory plantation being carried out outside Mumbai’s municipal limits, arguing that such measures dilute the objective of maintaining the city’s green cover Mumbai: At the BMC’s Tree Authority meeting on Friday, when multiple tree-cutting and transplantation proposals came up for approval, corporators across party lines questioned the practice of compensatory…
Mumbai: The civic standing committee on Thursday approved the proposal for the disbursement of Rs 1,000 crore to the BEST undertaking, which was held back at its earlier meeting on June 12.Committee members had demanded that BEST depute a representative to provide information on its financial condition. Accordingly, a representative was deputed by BEST, following…
The constable took both of them to Cuffe Parade police station. MUMBAI: Police questioned a 14-year-old boy following an alleged argument outside a Cuffe Parade building after he was purportedly refused drinking water by its security guard early on Thursday.A police constable on patrol duty was told by a guard, Suraj Chaudhary (21), that a…
The deceased, identified as Ravi More, was installing the banner near Veer Bhavan Building in Ulhasnagar No. 2 when he allegedly came into contact with a live overhead electric wire. Ulhasnagar: A 28-year-old man from Kalyan died after being electrocuted while putting up a birthday banner for former deputy mayor Bhagwan Bhalerao in Ulhasnagar on…
Image credits: Sanjay Hadkar MUMBAI: Thousands of office-goers and students were left stranded across Mumbai on Friday morning after an indefinite strike by BEST employees brought the city’s bus services to a near standstill.Long queues were seen at bus stops, including Bhandup, as commuters waited for buses that never arrived before scrambling for suburban trains,…
MUMBAI: The Customs Special Intelligence and Investigation Branch (SIIB-Export), Mumbai Zone-III, has arrested the director of a pharmaceutical company and a customs broker director for allegedly attempting to export a controlled substance to the Czech Republic without mandatory permission from narcotics authorities.The arrested accused have been identified as Venkat Shinde, director of M/s Veeprho Laboratories…
Only 3 UBT MPs attend Delhi meet as Sena split deepens MUMBAI: The parliamentary party meeting called by Shiv Sena (UBT) in New Delhi on Thursday was attended only by 3 of its 9 Lok Sabha MPs — Arvind Sawant, Anil Desai and Rajabhau Waze, indicating that ‘Operation Tiger,’ the name given to the Eknath…
Mumbai: Commuters wait in a long queue for buses at a stop during strike (PTI Photo) MUMBAI: Morning commuters and students faced disruption on Friday after the BEST Sanyukt Kamgar Kruti Samiti, an action committee of 12 employee unions, launched an indefinite strike, leading to the absence of buses on several routes.The strike could affect…
MUMBAI: The city’s east region cyber police have arrested a Virar-based tour operator whose bank account was allegedly used to route money from cyber fraudsters reported across several states. Investigators suspect crores of rupees siphoned from victims were moved through the account before being transferred to other beneficiaries, with part of the trail possibly leading…
